Kidge Town 2 - 3 Cravere Town

Key Events:

• 5' Yellow card to Kidge Town Martyn Dean
• 45' Cravere Town Emanuel Monteiro scores, assisted by Shota Kitazawa
• 46' Yellow card to Cravere Town Emanuel Monteiro
• 51' Kidge Town Bruce French scores, assisted by Frank Cowan
• 52' Cravere Town Emanuel Monteiro scores
• 56' Kidge Town Bruce French scores, assisted by Angelo Ferrari
• 67' Yellow card to Kidge Town Daniel Brown
• 89' Cravere Town Soogeun Kweon scores, assisted by Pablo Herrera
• 90' Yellow card to Cravere Town John Patterson

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Kidge Town 4.87 xG against Cravere Town’s 1.65, yet the actual goals went the other way: two for Kidge and three for Cravere. That is substantial underperformance by the hosts and sharp overperformance by the visitors. Kidge’s 23 shots, 17 on target, and far higher xG point to repeated opportunities to take control; scoring only twice meant those chances did not deliver the margin the performance suggested. Cravere, by contrast, converted three goals from seven attempts and six shots on target. The visitors were efficient, though the narrow shot and possession advantage did not amount to territorial dominance. Kidge created the greater volume and quality; Cravere made the moments that mattered count, including the late one.

Kidge Town

• Bruce French (7.6) - Scored both Kidge goals, briefly turning the contest around after the break.

Cravere Town

• Emanuel Monteiro (7.3) - Scored twice, including the opener, and was booked immediately after half-time.

The sequence after the interval gave the match its most unsettled stretch: French equalised, Monteiro put Cravere back in front a minute later, and French levelled again four minutes after that. Kidge had the chances to build on that response, but the final goal belonged to the side that had spent much less time shooting. Kweon’s finish, assisted by Herrera, arrived at 89 minutes and made the difference between a prolific afternoon in front of goal and a frustrating defeat. With two goals apiece from French and Monteiro, the match still waited until the closing stages for its deciding contribution.